KYOTO

“Returning Home: Edo Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection”

THE MUSEUM OF KYOTO

For around 40 years, U.S. ophthalmologist Kurt A. Gitter and his wife Alice Rae Yelen collected high-quality Japanese artworks. Gitter was interested in the simplicity and purity he saw in Japanese art and first acquired sumi ink Zen-ga (Zen artwork) pieces, which have since become the core of the collection.

Now the collection has expanded to include bunjin-ga (literati painting), ukiyo-e (woodblock print), and Rimpa decorative style paintings. Highlights of this show include some masterpieces from the Edo Period (1603-1867) by world-famous masters such as Jakuchu Ito, Sotatsu Tawaraya and Hoitsu Sakai.

This show presents 107 outstanding works selected from the Gitter-Yelen Collection; till Oct. 16.